Ralph Roscoe ELTSE

(1885-1971)

ELTSE, Ralph Roscoe, a
Representative from California; born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County,
Iowa, September 13, 1885; attended the public schools; was
graduated from Penn College; Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1909 and from
Haverford (Pa.) College in 1910; moved to Berkeley, Alameda County,
Calif., in 1912; attended the law department of the University of
California at Berkeley; was admitted to the bar in 1915 and
commenced practice in Berkeley, Calif.; member of the Republican
State committee 1932-1935; delegate to the Republican State
conventions in 1932, 1934, and 1940; elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth
Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress;
resumed the practice of law; resided in Berkeley, Calif., where he
died March 18, 1971; entombment in Sunset Mausoleum.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present